[TriLUG] linuux mouse kvm problems

[Roy Vestal]

I remember a thread a few months ago that mentioned specifically that 
Belkin had replacement cables that fixed some problem. Unfortunately I 
dont' remember what the problem was.

hth

Tanner Lovelace wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 11:17, Chris Knowles wrote:
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>>Well, I've been a KVM user for 6 years now.  Started with a cybex
>>Commander (I recommend if they're still around) moved through an APEX
>>box (Don't recommend) and settled onto various Belkin hardware.
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>>Now, using the 2 port omniview box at home, I've _never_ had problems
>>like you describe.  Of course, mine is powered, and that can make a
>>difference.  (On some systems, they are finicky about voltage drops on
>>the PS/2 line)
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>>On the 2x8 matrix Belkin switches I have seen the problem you describe,
>>but just switching between boxes and back again, this time counting to
>>10 before touching anything seems to fix.
>>
>>I recommend the Belkin hardware, and am sorry to see it's causing so
>>many problems for people.
>>
>>As usual, just my $0.02
>>
>>CJK
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>Chris,
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>I also use a 2 port Belkin at home (don't remember which one right now,
>but it's powered too) and I've never had those problems either.  I
>have had problems with bad PS2 mice making the mouse go crazy, but
>that didn't involve the KVM at all (it wasn't hooked up at the time).
>My advice is that if you're having mouse problems in X (or anything
>else), try switching to a different mouse and see if it's still there.
>I've had extremely bad luck with el cheapo ps2 mice, but I've had
>very good luck with Logitech and Microsoft mice.  For a while, when
>I had an el cheapo mouse, I had to modify my linux kernel to do
>PS2 initialization before the mouse would work right but I've
>never had to do that with good PS2 mice.
>
>Cheers,
>Tanner
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